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Originally Posted by NewCatGuy
Thanks, but forgive my ignorance please. What’s a SWR meter?
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It's a Standing Wave Ratio meter. It puts a signal on your
antenna system and basically measures how much of your signal is
lost by measuring how much signal is reflected back due to impedance mismatch. If your coax or
antenna has gone bad the impedance will have changed causing more signal to be reflected back. You can
Google it and find any number of articles on how they
work. Many, if not most licensed HAMs own one and will know how to use it. Perhaps you could find a local HAM and ask if they could give you a hand. They often know a lot about antenna systems.